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Insurance executive Arthur Devlin wakes up in a seedy hotel room with no memory of where he's been or what he's done during the past two weeks. And oh, yeah, there's a dead body in the room, too, a weaselly-looking guy with his head bashed in by a blackjack. Instead of muddling through and... read more

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This is book 18 of 70 in A Michael Shayne Mystery. (standard series)

Preceded by A Taste for Violence, and followed by This is it, Michael Shayne.

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  1. Brett Halliday (Author)

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Publication Date: 1949
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